Returns a string for the weekday specified.

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#include <codecogs/units/date/weekday_str.h>

using namespace Units::Date;

	char*	weekday_str (int weekDay, int type=1) Returns a string for the weekday specified.
	String	cc_weekday_str (Integer weekDay, Integer type) This function is available as a Microsoft Excel add-in.

Function Documentation

Returns a string pointer to the description of the numeric week day specified, i.e. "Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday"

Example 1:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <codecogs/units/date/weekday_str.h>
#include <codecogs/units/date/dayofweek.h>
#include <codecogs/units/date/date.h>
using namespace Units::Date;
 
int main()
{
  int adate=date("10 october 2004");
  for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
    printf("\n %d october 2005 occurs on a %s", 10+i, weekday_str(dayOfWeek(adate+i,3),3));
  return 0;
}

Output:

10 october 2004 occurs on a Sunday
11 october 2004 occurs on a Monday
12 october 2004 occurs on a Tuesday
13 october 2004 occurs on a Wednesday
14 october 2004 occurs on a Thursday
15 october 2004 occurs on a Friday
16 october 2004 occurs on a Saturday
17 october 2004 occurs on a Sunday
18 october 2004 occurs on a Monday
19 october 2004 occurs on a Tuesday

Parameters:

weekDay	is the numeric day of the week, within the range specified by the type. Values outside this range are wrapped back into range. So WeekDay=13 is the same as WeekDay=5;
type	Default Value = 1

Authors:

Will Bateman (Sep 2004)